In addition to needing scrum parity, and a near-impeccable performance under the high ball, the two other areas England need to step up in are the breakdown and lineout maul. The tight exchanges: England need their best breakdown, maul displays in years As such, the smart move would have been to reintroduce Steward anyway in order to diffuse the Springboks' aerial threat and stop the potential for conceding soft tries. Smith has been ruled out due to concussion, but South Africa will kick at England's full-back, and they will do it relentlessly. The major caveat to that, of course, is that firstly, Chile were one of the weakest sides at the World Cup, and secondly, a crucial aspect to full-back play at the top of Test rugby is ability in the air under a high ball, and Smith was not tested in this area.Ĭhile did not manage to, neither did Samoa once Smith emerged off the bench to play at full-back, and nor did Fiji due to the fact kicking is not a major part of Pacific Island rugby. Steward replaces the free-running Marcus Smith at full-back, with the latter ruled out due to concussion
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